Thailand marks 232 years of Rattanakosin era
The Ministry of Culture is preparing to host events marking the 232nd anniversary of the Rattanakosin era this year. The three-day festival is slated to be held between April 19-21 at Sanam Luang in Bangkok. Over 55 million baht has been spent on organizing events to celebrate the occasion. King…
RTP give overview of accidents during Songkran and Leave the House with Police Project
Royal Thai Police have given an overview of accidents occurring during Songkran, and the operation of the Leave the House with Police Project. Police Major General Anucha Rommayanant, the Deputy Spokesperson of the Royal Thai Police, said during the Songkran Festival from April 11- 15, the number of road deaths…
Registered NRI voters overseas will have to wait for future elections
New Delhi: NRIs who are registered voters in India will not be able to vote from their foreign locations as the Supreme Court on Friday accepted that the Election Commission faced statutory and logistic impediments in extending overseas voting facilities to them. Noting that election for some phases has already been…
US embassy releases viral Songkran celebration clip
The US embassy in Bangkok has made a video clip to celebrate the Thai New Year, which is also known as the Songkran Festival. Like the previous year, the US embassy in Bangkok released a 1:34 minute long video clip dedicated for the Songkran Festival. The clip started with US…
Chiang Mai examines water quality in city’s moat
Chiang Mai Municipality has inspected water quality in the city’s moat ahead of the upcoming Songkran Festival. Mayor Tassanai Booranupakorn first visited the city’s moat at a point opposite Pa Pao temple, Muang district of Chiang Mai, to initiate an inspection of present water quality. Elsewhere, two trucks sprayed chlorine…
Bangkok ‘best-value’ for Songkran revellers : TripAdvisor
Bangkok is the best-value tourism city for the upcoming Songkran holidays when compared to three other popular tourist destinations in Thailand, according to TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site. TripAdvisor spokesperson Jean Ow-Yeong said a study was done to compare tourists’ daily spending in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pattaya and Phuket…
DDPM aims to reduce accidents during Songkran Festival
Government authorities are continuing to tighten measures to try to prevent and decrease deaths caused by auto accidents during the New Year and Songkran festivals, according to Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Director-General, Chatchai Phromlert. During the nationwide so-called Seven Days of Danger when the new year brings…
Bhootnath director pens tribute song for Narendra Modi
Vivek Sharma, who directed the 2008 film “Bhootnath”, has penned a tribute song in support of Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Sharma has even directed the video of the song “Naro mein Indra hai”, which has music by Ricky Mishra, and is sung by Priyanka Bhattacharya and…
Mobile phone radiation can make men impotent: Research
New York: Do you eat, sleep and drink your mobile phone, literally? Limit your WhatsApp or Facebook urge as men using cell phones for over four hours a day are at a greater risk of impotency than those who use it for less than two hours, an alarming research has…
Transport Ministry discusses new free bus and train services policies
The Transport Ministry has discussed possible approaches to enhance the quality of free bus and train services. Theerapong Rodprasert, Deputy Secretary General of the ministry, made the statement after a meeting on the matter, saying his ministry could either scrap the current policies entirely and propose a new set of…